Azimio council meeting; resolutions adopted
Azimio council held its second meeting on 24, June, top of agenda being the strategy on how to win majority seats in the parliament.
Raila Odinga, the coalition’s presidential candidate, presided over the meeting, which included nine other council members.
The second council meeting was to be presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta, but he departed the nation on Thursday night to Rwanda for the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Raila was joined in the meeting by his running mate Martha Karua.
Others in attendance were Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, KANU chairman Gideon Moi, NARC leader Charity Ngilu, DAP-K party leader Wafula Wamunyinyi, Muranga Woman Representative Sabina Chege, Abdinoor Omar Farah, Taveta MP Naomi Shaban and Suna East MP who is the Secretary-General of the Coalition’s National Executive Council.
Mombasa Governor Ali Joho was absent with apologies.
Azimio council meeting resolutions
The Azimio la Umoja Presidential Secretariat has been directed to interrogate the recently gazetted 2022 voters register and report back to the coalition council.
“Noted that the 2022 voters register had now been published in the Kenya Gazette and directed the National Coalition Executive Committee together with the Presidential Campaign Secretariat to interrogate the data further and report their observations back to the council,” reads the minutes.
After interrogations, they will report back to the council next week on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.
The council also discussed and approved a strategy to synergize the strength brought by each party to the coalition by rationalizing and harmonizing candidates in all elective positions and mandated each constituent party to implement the strategy.
It was also resolved that the members ensure all Kenyans engage in peaceful campaigns.
“This is essential for a united, inclusive, fair and prosperous nation,” reads the minute further.
Also, top of the agenda was the review, formulation and approval of party policies to ensure the coalition party wins majority seats in Parliament and in all 47 county assemblies.
The council resolved to drop some candidates ahead of the August 9 polls.
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